De Cou copying igcyr012 Epitaph of Plauta

Hoppin, J.C. (1911) De Cou copying igcyr012 Epitaph of Plauta. Norton archive, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Slightly tapering stele of white marble, reddish from earth; at top in relief a large wreath with ribbons displayed at left and right below it; inside the wreath, a spindle and a roll with a ball of wool on it; below the wreath, between the two ribbons, a rosette; on top, a small hole for attachment (0.355-0.41 1.07 0.18-0.22).

Inscribed a) just under the rosette; b) below the relief on 12 lines (0.61); the limits of verse-lines are evidenced either through a punct or through a space.